This report from the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C explores how effective data sharing can lead to quicker, easier access to care for people with hepatitis C. From interviews with various stakeholders, two main barriers to effective data sharing are identified: (1) confusion about who data can be shared with and under what circumstances, (2) a lack of computer systems that enable care providers to easily share patient data.
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Medical professional
Around 216,000 people in the UK are living with hepatitis C so it is important that all medical professionals have access to the latest training, information and advice on hepatitis C management. Find here links to relevant materials for clinicians, nurses, GPs, prison healthcare staff and other medical professionals.
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Joining the dots: Linking pathways to hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment
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Scotland’s Hepatitis C Action Plan: Achievements of the First Decade and Proposals for a Scottish Government Strategy (2019) for the Elimination of both Infection and Disease
This report reflects on how the Scottish Government's Hepatitis C Action Plan was established and what it has achieved a decade after its launch. It also reflects on changing Government policy over this time and sets out future policy to achieve the elimination of hepatitis C.Scotland 31 Jul 2019 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Hepatitis C: interventions for patient case-finding and linkage to care
Published in July 2019 this review summarizes the evidence for interventions to increase case-finding and linkage to care for hepatitis C-infected patients, in order to support commissioning and provision of evidence-based interventions as part of efforts to achieve hepatitis C (HCV) elimination as a major public health threat in the UK.UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales 30 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Legal Barriers for Providing HCV Community Testing in Europe
This report from the Correlation European Harm Reduction Network is based on a telephone survey conducted in September and October 2018 with representatives of harm reduction services and NGOs that offer low-threshold services to drug users.UK, Rest of World Reports & Research PDF -
HCV Action & BVHG National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event: Presentations
On Thursday 4th July, HCV Action held a National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event, in partnership with the British Viral Hepatitis Group. The event - HCV Action's biggest to date - brought ODN representatives together to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the recently-announced NHS England elimination deal.England 30 Jul 2019 Training, Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Summary report: National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event
This report provides a summary of the the breakout sessions held during the HCV Action & British Viral Hepatitis Group National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event, which took place at the University of Warwick on 4th July 2019. The breakout sessions were held in two parts, the first focusing on problem identification and the second on identifying solutions, and focused on the following topics: community outreach; reaching ethnic minority groups; treating in prisons; and engaging with local commissioners & other partners.England 30 Jul 2019 Training, Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Surveillance of hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment in Scotland, 2019 update
This Health Protection Scotland report outlines that there were 1,423 new diagnoses of hepatitis C antibody-positivity in Scotland in 2018, the lowest number of new hepatitis C antibody diagnoses in Scotland since 1996. It is estimated that approximately 21,000 individuals were living with chronic hepatitis C infection in Scotland by the end of 2018 and approximately 10,500 of these have been diagnosed. A total of 2,609 individuals were initiated onto hepatitis C treatment during financial year 2018/19.Scotland 23 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe
This report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction provides an overview of infectious disease surveillance data, outbreak investigations, and prevention and control measures among people who inject drugs in Europe up to February 2019, including viral hepatitis.UK, Rest of World 16 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Evaluating peer-supported screening as a hepatitis C case-finding model in prisoners
This study evaluates peer-supported screening as a model of active HCV case finding within prisons with a secondary aim to describe the HCV cascade among those infected including linkage to care and treatment outcomes. The study was carried out in a medium-security Irish male prison with over 500 inmates. The authors conclude that peer-supported screening is an effective active HCV case-finding model to find and link prisoners with untreated active HCV infection to HCV care.Rest of World 09 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Information for GPs on the Infected Blood Inquiry
This document from Public Health England provides information for GPs on the ongoing Infected Blood Inquiry, chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff. The document covers: why there is an Infected Blood Inquiry; what to advise if your patient thinks that they received blood in the 1970s/1980s; what to do if your patient is hepatitis C positive and is concerned a past transfusionUK 05 Jul 2019 Training, Reports & Research PDF